Thought Leadership

I’m pleased to announce that on September 28, I will be conducting a webinar with my partner Ed Druck covering some common wage and hour issues encountered in the college and university setting and best practices for complying with the Fair […]

Reading about a recent lawsuit filed against Groupon, I was reminded that even the most cutting edge businesses may not understand the nuances associated with calculating overtime and find themselves a target for running afoul of wage and hour laws.  […]

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Q. We have a number of non-exempt employees who are nevertheless paid a salary. How do we calculate overtime for these employees?  A. The question above is a positive sign, because if you find yourself asking it you’ve passed the […]

Recently the U.S. Department of Labor revamped its enforcement data website, http://ogesdw.dol.gov/, adding some snazzy new map displays showing inspection and violation data from OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.  Of more interest to readers of this blog […]

Q.        My Company anticipates embarking on a big project this fall that will have extreme importance to the Company’s future and require extra hours at the office.  The Company wants to give a little extra pay to employees who work […]

Recently, another group of pharmaceutical sales representatives successfully demonstrated that they are not exempt from overtime under the FLSA.  Kuzinski, et al., v. Schering Corp  Focusing on the administrative exemption, the District Court of Connecticut held that the sales representatives’ […]

Has something like this ever happened in your organization? You have a solid non-exempt employee working hard on a project. His supervisor is out of town and unreachable. In the supervisor’s absence, to get the job done, he works a […]